Blockdaemon & Polkadot

Blockdaemon offers two ways to stake on Polkadot:

• Run a dedicated validator node.
• Stake DOT with Blockdaemon’s validators.

Both options ensure secure participation in the Polkadot network while aiming to maximize your rewards. Here are the key benefits of each approach.

1. How Delegation Works

Polkadot era rewards are validator proportional, not stake proportional. By staking with us, you don’t have to set Blockdaemon as a proxy. Where Blockdaemon is designated as a staking proxy for you, we apply best practices to balance nominations efficiently to maximize your rewards. Blockdaemon provides no guarantees on rewards received through its best efforts.

2. Secure Validator Nodes & Failover Protection

PoS networks are heavily dependent on network participation and validator integrity. With regional and data center diversity and node redundancy, Blockdaemon takes an engineering-first approach to provide best-in-class uptime. We have deployed over 1,000 full nodes, making us the most battle-tested provider in the node infrastructure industry.

Blockdaemon has manual failover with a trained and battle-tested team to eliminate the risk of double signing. Blockdaemon manages all of this automatically, so you don’t have to worry about staying online, in sync, and up to date.

3. 24/7 Monitoring & Slashing Coverage

Blockdaemon monitors all machine and protocol metrics with 24/7 human and automated monitoring to avoid downtime-related slashing. With engineers distributed globally, protocol-specific failover strategies eliminate the risk of double-signing, and hot-spare and fully-synced backup nodes provide fast recoveries when needed.

If slashing does occur due to any fault on the part of Blockdaemon, we ensure 100% loss coverage. However, we don't cover losses caused by network issues outside our control.

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